0x29A's recent activity
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Comment on Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft (Full album, 2024) in ~music
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Comment on Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft (Full album, 2024) in ~music
0x29A LinkLike what I'm hearing so far. Avoided big name pop artists for a long time because I was letting myself absorb other's feelings about really popular things and typical hipster/metal/etc elitism...Like what I'm hearing so far. Avoided big name pop artists for a long time because I was letting myself absorb other's feelings about really popular things and typical hipster/metal/etc elitism and such and wish I had checked her music out sooner. I think there's a lot to like and a lot of character and authenticity that people just assume is not present in pop for whatever reasons.
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Comment on Is Nebula worth it? in ~tech
0x29A LinkPaid for it with the yearly deal a couple of years ago, really tried to give it a good run but consistently could not find content that was interesting enough. I found that after a year I had...Paid for it with the yearly deal a couple of years ago, really tried to give it a good run but consistently could not find content that was interesting enough. I found that after a year I had basically not used it at all. While I love the idea of competing services that aren't big corps like YT/Google/etc, Nebula was just not compelling to me at all.
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Comment on Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (2024) in ~music
0x29A Link ParentYeah, they've had a few tracks with those themes over the years. One of the singles (Blinding Faith) off the latest one has a lyric "No promise of heaven will make me march. With my final breath,...Yeah, they've had a few tracks with those themes over the years. One of the singles (Blinding Faith) off the latest one has a lyric "No promise of heaven will make me march. With my final breath, I deny the church" - that might be the reference in question
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
0x29A Link ParentVery much feel the same about another Headphones record, the existing one is such a gemVery much feel the same about another Headphones record, the existing one is such a gem
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
0x29A Link ParentYeah, for me personally I don't see that as a negative, I think he's found what works for him and is sticking to that (and honestly often I prefer that to bands that ruin their sound over time)....Yeah, for me personally I don't see that as a negative, I think he's found what works for him and is sticking to that (and honestly often I prefer that to bands that ruin their sound over time). His typical sound really, really works for me, though so I'm biased. Not to mention, honestly, there's tons of variety in his entire body of work between Bazan, PtL, headphones, Lo Tom, etc. so I think he's taken plenty of opportunities to express various types of sounds. I mean even early PtL and current day PtL sound pretty different, they've had multiple eras of sounds (Hard to Find a Friend vs. Control vs. now)
On the latest he's going back to some synth stuff (which he's done before but not super often) and he's definitely playing around with a few things here and there that are unexpected- like the arpeggiator at the end of the title track (Modesto)- that conjures a sound that's not common for him, even though the rest of the track is relatively typical Dave. I think he's still having fun, still genuinely playing with sounds even if he's settled in a particular lane.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
0x29A LinkSome more singles released for Pedro The Lion / David Bazan's upcoming release and they're great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBXtkiLy1B8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z-k7QO-x0U Been...Some more singles released for Pedro The Lion / David Bazan's upcoming release and they're great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBXtkiLy1B8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z-k7QO-x0UBeen listening to the Knocked Loose singles (and the full album soon now that it's out).
Also: ACxDC, Wraith, Terminal Nation, Burn In Hell, Contention, Alice in Chains, Opeth, Ancst
Macklemore's protest track. Aurora.
A Projection (goth/new wave/etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7CndC-CQrw
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Comment on How do I fix my (stupid) use of excessive punctuation? in ~humanities.languages
0x29A Link ParentNot sure- but that's also something I do a lot. Not necessarily for punctuation reasons, but I constantly think of things I forgot to say, or a better way to say something, and I can't help but...Not sure- but that's also something I do a lot. Not necessarily for punctuation reasons, but I constantly think of things I forgot to say, or a better way to say something, and I can't help but re-edit my original post over and over until I'm satisfied.
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Comment on How do I fix my (stupid) use of excessive punctuation? in ~humanities.languages
0x29A LinkI constantly overdo my punctuation also- especially parentheses. But it is how my brain functions when typing things out. (I noticed another comment mentioning ADHD being related, and while I am...I constantly overdo my punctuation also- especially parentheses. But it is how my brain functions when typing things out. (I noticed another comment mentioning ADHD being related, and while I am not diagnosed officially- this and many other things about it match me so it's possible I have it- honestly a lot of things in my life make a ton of sense if I do).
I hear what I'm typing being narrated in my head and I end up interpreting that conversational speak into what I type, including punctuation. Some of it may break grammatical rules or whatnot but so far I've just gotten comfortable with it and I only clean it up more if it's a special situation where I think it's potentially necessary. Otherwise I think it helps me not to fight it in most situations, as it's the best way for me to get the words in my head out.
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Comment on Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (2024) in ~music
0x29A Link ParentAOTY material for me this year. The singles were so good and I'm super glad to hear the rest of the album follows. This is one of the few albums I pre-ordered on the spot from my bandcamp wishlist.AOTY material for me this year. The singles were so good and I'm super glad to hear the rest of the album follows. This is one of the few albums I pre-ordered on the spot from my bandcamp wishlist.
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Comment on New Music Fridays: Sunday (1994), Terminal Nation, and more in ~music
0x29A LinkMine (plus a bonus) Non-metal Sunday (1994) - Self-titled EP Brand new debut from indie pop / shoegaze outfit Sunday (1994) - yes the year is part of the band name. Absolutely beautiful guitar...Mine (plus a bonus)
Non-metal
Sunday (1994) - Self-titled EP
Brand new debut from indie pop / shoegaze outfit Sunday (1994) - yes the year is part of the band name. Absolutely beautiful guitar parts, reverb-soaked leads, and a perfect vocal. Reminds me of Starflyer 59. Not available on bandcamp, but on other services, I linked the YouTube videos page from the band's channel instead.
Metal (primarily clean-ish / non-scream vocals or instrumental)
none this week
Metal (primarily harsh vocals)
Terminal Nation - Echoes of the Devil's Den
Anti-authority, anti-fascist, anti-capitalist hardcore / death metal crossover from Little Rock, Arkansas. A great follow up to their quality previous release. Very forward pull-no-punches lyrics. Love this. My favorite of the week.Contention - Artillery From Heaven
Apocalyptic straight-edge Florida hardcore. Great strained vocals and gang vocal parts. Typical hardcore sound. Sick stuff.Hasslig - Apex Predator
Raw filthy punk-tinged black metal from France. Noisy and ascerbic as all hell.Crawl - Altar of Disgust
Crawl continues their rotten low-end heavy HM-2 death metal. Chainsaws everywhere. Brutal death growls.Ancst - Culture of Brutality
Grind and death metal influenced hardcore. Absolute rage against many of western society's ills (capitalism, sexism, etc). Angry as it should be.
Bonus Record (can be any genre from any time, simply a recommendation)
Burn in Hell - Disavowal of the Creator God
Incredibly angry and noisy grindcore/hardcore from Australia. So pissed and not just the lyrics or vocals. The entire atmosphere and music itself sounds wildly in your face. Feedback, noisy tone, absolute full force blast. A favorite of mine you should know about.
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New Music Fridays: Sunday (1994), Terminal Nation, and more
Editor's note: posting a bit late, sorry. Albums typically release on Fridays. This is a thread to discuss week of May 03, 2024 releases that have recently arrived on our doorstep, or been...
Editor's note: posting a bit late, sorry.
Albums typically release on Fridays. This is a thread to discuss week of May 03, 2024 releases that have recently arrived on our doorstep, or been announced for the future. Feel free to share albums, singles, EPs or reissues that have caught your eye and interest, or share your thoughts about any new music that you've had the chance to listen to this week. I suppose let's try to keep the focus mostly on stuff that was released or announced this week, since we already have a "What have you been listening to?" thread.
Discussion Points
Is there anything you've been looking forward to listening to?
Any releases that have surprised you?
Have you listened to any new music recently? What are your thoughts?
What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past? How does their latest work compare?Links:
Pitchfork - Out This Week
AllMusic - All New Releases
Stereogum - New Music
Shreddit Release Tracker
New Metal and Hardcore Releases - Lambgoat
Heavy Metal Album Release Calendar - Heavy Music HQ
Upcoming albums - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives3 votes -
Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk
0x29A Link ParentAfter Reddit's dumpster fire of missteps though I would not be surprised if the ratio of bad mods to good mods is far different now, with the former being the most common. Especially since Reddit...After Reddit's dumpster fire of missteps though I would not be surprised if the ratio of bad mods to good mods is far different now, with the former being the most common. Especially since Reddit was clearly ready to purge any mods they didn't like off the site
This topic is just another reminder to me that deleting my accounts after all that happened was the best choice for me.
I will only use it in search engines as a way to get a real user review/experience or for troubleshooting, and I would like to stop relying on it for those too. If it wasn't sometimes nearly the only source of some info, I'd block the entire site at DNS level. Maybe someday.
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Comment on New Music Fridays: Owen, Justice, Full of Hell, and more in ~music
0x29A Link ParentThanks for linking it! I was aware of the release, and have sampled some tracks, and for me my reaction to it is the same as a lot of modern Darkthrone, I respect it more for its influence /...Thanks for linking it!
I was aware of the release, and have sampled some tracks, and for me my reaction to it is the same as a lot of modern Darkthrone, I respect it more for its influence / pioneering / history in metal than I do for actually listening to current day releases. Fenriz is cool / funny and an icon in the scene, but if I'm going to listen to Darkthrone, I'm more of a A Blaze In The Northern Sky kind of Darkthrone fan
More power to people that enjoy their current stuff though! No intention of this post to be condescending or like "duh I already knew that" (I'm anxious that I accidentally come off that way sometimes), just wanted to give my 2 cents!
I'll probably give the last few modern Darkthrone releases another few goes and see if something sticks better for me, I know a bunch of people have really enjoyed them.
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Comment on New Music Fridays: Owen, Justice, Full of Hell, and more in ~music
0x29A (edited )LinkMy favorites of the week (plus a bonus) Non-metal Owen - The Falls of Sioux Long-standing solo project of Mike Kinsella of American Football fame. He continues his solemn, poignant indie...My favorites of the week (plus a bonus)
Non-metal
Owen - The Falls of Sioux
Long-standing solo project of Mike Kinsella of American Football fame. He continues his solemn, poignant indie folk/rock. Acoustic guitar, piano, lush drums, steel guitar. S. Carey lends multiple instruments and production to the record and Cacie Dalager (KC Rae / Now Now) lends voice, with a number of other guests too.Justice - Hyperdrama
Popular electronic music / electro-house group from France. Fun beats, minimal interludes, big bombastic house jams. Some synthwave/retrowave influence here and there. Some disco, some rock. Exactly what you'd expect from Justice, basically.
Metal (primarily clean-ish / non-scream vocals or instrumental)
none this week
Metal (primarily harsh vocals)
Exhumation - Master's Personae
Really loving the occult death/black feel here, though I'm not a huge fan of the production. Feels a bit thin (at least streamed from bandcamp) when it seems this type of music would benefit from more warmth.Full of Hell - Coagulated Bliss
Cool mixed-media artwork by Brian Montuori. FoH's classic controlled-chaos noisecore. Dissonance, blasts, tempo changes, deep growls, high screams.Morgul Blade - Heavy Metal Wraiths
Blackened heavy/trad metal from PA. Two genres that you rarely hear together (Malokapratan's latest is a great example too though) and it's becoming one of my favorite match-ups of sound. Black metal vocals but triumphant traditional heavy metal riffs.Pentagram - Eternal Life of Madness
Chilean death/thrash. Love the more yell-style thrash vocals employed here. Gives it a very old-school thrash edge. Solos all over the place.ACxDC - G.O.A.T.
Well-known LA power violence back with another killer release.Tombstoner - Rot Stink Rip
Gory, stoned death metal from NY. No frills, just chuggy, meaty, gang-vocal chorus goodness.Beholder - Dualisme
Québécois black metal. Melodic doom sections in an otherwise full-blast black metal assault. Highly recommend the vocalist's other projects too (Sulfure, Saccage).Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 1
Atmospheric, melodic, progressive black metal from Minnesota. Beautiful melodies of despair and anger- you can genuinely hear both.The Hope Conspiracy - Tools of Oppression / Rule by Deception
Well known Boston hardcore band. Aggressive, despairing lyrics at the current state of things. Lyric "Those who gave us yesterday created the horror of today" says it all.
Bonus Record (can be any genre)
New section, will feature music not released this week, but something you should know about, whether a release from two years ago or an obscure gem from 20 years ago. (This is mostly intended for my blog, but I'll try to feature things I've just recently found, heard about, been found/recommended by others, etc to fit the topic)
Baron Ungern / Барон Унгерн - Grandkhaan
This long-gone Mongolian black metal band's only release- an EP/Demo from 1999- re-issued in 2016 on this label. This is what the label has to say: "Sound quality of their EP is actually just shit, but considering the fact that it was recorded in the desolate steppe wastelands of Mongolia with poor equipment it is a highly respectable release nevertheless." Pretty incredible to hear black metal that came out of Mongolia in the 1990's. It's raw as all hell, like the label says- but the music is good. You could say some parts sound like a washing machine cycle and you wouldn't be wrong, but there's also a lot of charm to it!Giving this a pass sketch-wise. The band name is that of a cruel tyrannical german warlord who ruled over Mongolia in the 1920's. There are no available lyrics, so we can't really ascertain the nature of the band other than the very little we have to go on. However- I'd prefer you be informed- whether you listen is your choice.
The label gives me weird vibes, but I don't know exactly how to interpret what they're going for, as I don't know enough about the label or its owners. If I end up finding anything too sketchy (I deep dive on this stuff all the time) , I'll update this post and say why.
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New Music Fridays: Owen, Justice, Full of Hell, and more
Albums typically release on Fridays. This is a thread to discuss week of April 26, 2024 releases that have recently arrived on our doorstep, or been announced for the future. Feel free to share...
Albums typically release on Fridays. This is a thread to discuss week of April 26, 2024 releases that have recently arrived on our doorstep, or been announced for the future. Feel free to share albums, singles, EPs or reissues that have caught your eye and interest, or share your thoughts about any new music that you've had the chance to listen to this week. I suppose let's try to keep the focus mostly on stuff that was released or announced this week, since we already have a "What have you been listening to?" thread.
Discussion Points
Is there anything you've been looking forward to listening to?
Any releases that have surprised you?
Have you listened to any new music recently? What are your thoughts?
What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past? How does their latest work compare?Links:
Pitchfork - Out This Week
AllMusic - All New Releases
Stereogum - New Music
Shreddit Release Tracker
New Metal and Hardcore Releases - Lambgoat
Heavy Metal Album Release Calendar - Heavy Music HQ
Upcoming albums - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives10 votes -
Comment on Knocked Loose - Suffocate (ft. Poppy) (2024) in ~music
0x29A LinkSo good. This album is likely AOTY 2024 material if it's as good as the three singlesSo good. This album is likely AOTY 2024 material if it's as good as the three singles
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
0x29A Linkhttps://danielledurack.bandcamp.com/album/escape-artist https://squirrelflower.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrow-s-fire https://knockedloose.bandcamp.com/album/you-wont-go-before-youre-supposed-to...https://danielledurack.bandcamp.com/album/escape-artist
https://squirrelflower.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrow-s-fire
https://knockedloose.bandcamp.com/album/you-wont-go-before-youre-supposed-to
https://topographies.bandcamp.com/album/interior-springKnocked Loose singles have been awesome, might be one of my most anticipated releases of the year. The track featuring Poppy is awesome too. The singles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO8q_Q4lRC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlOFqHXH368
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
0x29A LinkUpdates to my site. (Somewhat related): Rethinking how I approach my presence on the web in different contexts and different privacy levels re: personal site, social media, etc. and trying to...- Updates to my site.
- (Somewhat related): Rethinking how I approach my presence on the web in different contexts and different privacy levels re: personal site, social media, etc. and trying to strike a balance between them all that means in some contexts I'll be very forward and opinionated and loud and amplify other voices too and in other contexts I'll be vague, a bit more open-minded, and minimally descriptive upfront of my stances- this is all in the service of privacy, opsec, how i appear to those with power over me going forward, tact, "defusing" anger/hatred, introducing nuance, minimizing assumptions, but again, all in different balances depending on the audience or context.
- Looking at different options for project sites I've got in my head
- Practicing more guitar, planning to play around with keyboards and my DAW more, maybe even considering looking at some cheap used equipment to expand what I've got.
- Hoping to have (and I say this all the time and always put it off and never get it accomplished) finished a single song sometime soon, then maybe an EP, then hopefully eventually an album- or multiple singles/EPs under different project names (different genres) depending on how the music moves me
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
0x29A Link ParentOh wow, this is neat, as is Juuke. It's definitely got my brain brewing with some ideas. Love the thought of having a "physical component" to a digital music library.Oh wow, this is neat, as is Juuke. It's definitely got my brain brewing with some ideas. Love the thought of having a "physical component" to a digital music library.
Yeah, I think it's sometimes a path of least resistance thing. It's very easy to hate / be elitist about stuff like that. I still catch myself doing it. It's interesting how that mindset has carried forward and is still all over the place. Many people eventually break out of it, thankfully.
Now, for me, it's a case by case sort of thing- instead of painting with broad brushes. There may be plenty of valid reasons to consider an artist 'manufactured' or way too rich and pushed by the industry or the problems with celebrity or whatever- I think the problem is all in making assumptions. Plenty of artists that happen to get popular still retain their authenticity- still deserve to be humanized, often don't even want the fame, use their platform for good, etc. It's too easy to just dismiss everything because of some assumption.
Thanks for the recommendations, will check them out! I do need to do a deep dive on Billie Eilish still. Mostly have enjoyed videos/singles/etc in recent years.